Enter NASA’s “space poop challenge,” and you could win $30,000

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Pooping in space “isn’t glamorous, but it is necessary for survival,” an astronaut explains – yet it’s presenting quite a challenge for NASA.

See, while the International Space Station has a pretty fancy toilet, an astronaut must wear a diaper during launch and landing activities or while spacewalking.

But, as NASA looks toward future missions in deep space, it’s also looking for a way for astronauts to relieve themselves while remaining in their space suits for up to six days, reports Time.

That’s where you come in.

The agency is offering a $30,000 prize in a “space poop challenge,” if someone can create “a system inside a space suit that collects human waste for up to 144 hours and routes it away from the body, without the use of hands.”